JP3376236B2 - Settlement request control device for parking gate opening and closing system - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention belongs to the technical field of a gate opening / closing system used in a one-way two-way parking lot having an entrance and an exit with only one lane. Specifically, it relates to a settlement request control device suitable for use in this gate opening / closing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a parking lot management system that manages the parking fee of the above-mentioned one-way two-way parking lot at a uniform fee, for example, when entering a parking lot, the gate arm automatically opens and can be freely inserted. , At the time of warehousing, on the contrary to the one configured to open the gate arm for warehousing by paying a uniform fee regardless of the parking time to the fare adjustment machine installed at the exit, There is one that is configured so that a uniform fee can be paid and warehousing can be freely performed.

In these systems, three vehicle detection sensors are used to judge whether the traveling direction of the vehicle is warehousing or warehousing, or two vehicle detection to reduce the cost. One of the systems consisting of only sensors is used.

In the latter case, for example, when a vehicle entering a vehicle is detected by one of the detection sensors, the gate arm is automatically opened, and conversely, when a vehicle detecting another vehicle is detected by the other detection sensor, a charge adjustment request is made. After making an announcement, use a warehousing free form configured to open the gate arm when the settlement is completed, or if one of the detection sensors detects the vehicle at the time of warehousing, a fee settlement request announcement is made,
When the settlement is completed, the gate arm is opened, and conversely, when the other detection sensor detects a vehicle that leaves the vehicle, the gate arm is automatically opened.

[0005]

Thus, the conventional gate opening and closing used for a one-way two-way parking lot constructed so that at least one of the storage and the storage can freely pass through the gate as described above. In the system, when a vehicle that is advancing from the side that can freely pass is advancing another vehicle from the other side, the vehicle can be driven depending on the congestion level on the general road side or the parking lot side. There was a case of giving back and backing up.

[0006] When passing through the gate after paying the fare, even if the vehicle is traveling from the opposite side, the vehicle on the paying side is given priority as a matter of course. However, the vehicle on the other side will give up the road.

By the way, when the vehicle is backed up while giving way to the road, when the vehicle advances from the side where it can freely pass to the position of the one detection sensor, the other side (the settlement side) is forcibly separated from the other side. In some cases, the ON / OFF sequence of the detection sensor is completely different from the sequence when one vehicle normally passes through the gate from the side that can pass freely. Because of the same situation, there is a problem that it is not possible to distinguish between these two situations.

In other words, when another vehicle is traveling from the opposite side (the side to be settled) and the first vehicle is backed up, the charge settlement request announcement is not issued to the other vehicle. , I had fallen into a situation where I couldn't settle bills forever.

Incidentally, FIGS. 9 (A) and 9 (B) are sequences showing a situation in which there are two possibilities of the above-mentioned conventional problems and the judgment cannot be made.

Therefore, a technical problem of the present invention is that in a gate opening / closing system that manages the entry and exit of a vehicle using two detection sensors, the vehicle passes through the gate from the side that can pass freely and the other is detected. When the sensors are turned on, it is judged that they are actually moving from the other side (settlement side) to another vehicle and the first vehicle is backed up, and a request for fee settlement can be output. It is to provide a devised settlement request control device.

[0011]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Means taken in the present invention for solving the above technical problems are as follows.

A gate arm for preventing the vehicle from advancing, and a first detection sensor for detecting the presence of the vehicle between one position of the gate arm and the position of the gate arm. , A second detection sensor provided at the other position of the gate arm for requesting settlement, and when the vehicle advances from the first detection sensor side to the second detection sensor side, when the first detection sensor is turned on. Gate arm control configured to automatically open the above-mentioned gate arm and, on the contrary, when the vehicle advances from the second detection sensor side to the first detection sensor side, automatically opens the gate arm when the settlement is completed. In a gate opening and closing system used for a one-way two-way parking lot comprising means

(1) The first detection sensor is turned ON when the second detection sensor is OFF, the first and second detection sensors are both turned ON when the gate arm is open, and the second detection is finally performed. Vehicle passing detection means for detecting a series of sequences in which the first detection sensor is turned off and the gate arm is closed while the sensor is on,

(2) Timer starting means for starting a timer when the above-mentioned series of sequences is detected,

(3) The above first and second detection sensors are
From the standby state where it is off, one vehicle is
Normal progress from the server side to the first detection sensor side normally
Occasionally, the settlement request is output only when the second detection sensor is ON when the vehicle is traveling from the second detection sensor side to the first detection sensor side, but during the fixed time during which the timer is running. When the first detection sensor is off and the second detection sensor is on, the adjustment request output means outputs a payment request when the timer times out.

(4) The settlement request output means outputs the settlement request by one or both of the announcement device and the display device provided toward the road.

According to the means described in (1) above, is it possible that one vehicle has passed from the first detection sensor side to the second detection sensor side, or the first vehicle is on the first detection sensor side. Although it was progressing, immediately after that another vehicle also forcibly moved to the position of the second detection sensor on the opposite side (settlement side), and the first vehicle had to back up. It is possible to detect that there are two possibilities.

According to the means described in (2) and (3) above, the fact that the second detection sensor is still in the ON state after the elapse of a certain period of time means that the latter of the two cases described above. It is possible to determine that this is the case, and as a result, it is possible to output a request for charge adjustment to the vehicle that has proceeded from the other side.

Further, according to the means described in (2) and (3) above, even if the former case of the above two cases is used, in that case, the vehicle has finished passing through the gate. Therefore, even if a settlement request is output, it is possible to ignore it and to leave, and if the first detection sensor is turned on while the timer is running, the first detection sensor side that can freely pass Since it can be determined that the following vehicle has progressed, it is possible to prevent the settlement request from being output.

According to the means described in (4) above, the vehicle,
That is, it is possible to make a clear payment request to the driver by an announcement or a display.

As described above, the above (1)-
The technical problems described above can be solved by the means described in (4), and the problems of the conventional technology can be solved.

[0022]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, an embodiment of a settlement request control device in a gate opening / closing system for a parking lot according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows one of an entrance and an exit. It is a block diagram of a gate opening / closing system used for a one-way two-way parking lot configured to be freely passable from the side, in which T is between an open road and a parking lot, that is, an entrance of the parking lot. A gate opening / closing system provided on the road T is generally shown by a road X connecting the exits.

Also in FIG. 1, GA is a gate arm for preventing the vehicle from traveling, GE is a gate arm control device for opening and closing the gate arm GA, and S1 is one position centering on the gate arm GA. A first detection sensor for a vehicle provided between TA and the position of the gate arm GA, and a second detection sensor for a vehicle S2 provided on the other position side TB of the gate arm GA for a vehicle for settlement. ,
In both cases, a loop coil, a photoelectric tube sensor or the like is used.

Further, in FIG. 1, CH is a charge adjustment machine installed for paying a uniform charge regardless of parking time, and the gate opening / closing system X shown in FIG. When carrying out in a one-way two-way type parking lot that is free to enter
A is the general road side and the other position side TB is the parking lot side, but on the contrary, when carrying out in a one-way two-way parking lot that is free to issue and pays a fee when entering, One position side TA of the roadway T is the parking lot side, and the other position side T
B is on the general road side.

2 and 3 are a side view of the gate arm GA and the gate arm control device GE and a side view showing a state in which the gate arm GA is opened.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining the structure of the gate opening / closing system X equipped with the settlement request control device according to the present invention, in which 1 is the first and second detection sensors S1.
According to a vehicle detection signal from S2, the gate arm control means GE controls the above-mentioned gate arm control unit to open and close the gate arm GA. When the first detection sensor S1 detects a vehicle entering the vehicle, the gate arm GA opens to open the vehicle. When the second detection sensor S2 detects the vehicle and is turned on, and finally the first detection sensor S1 is turned off and the second detection sensor S2 is turned on, the gate arm GA is turned on. When the vehicle is closed and it is determined that the storage is completed, and further the second detection sensor S2 is turned off, the storage of one vehicle is completed.

Further, 2 indicates that the second detection sensor S2 is O.
The first detection sensor S1 is turned on by the FF, and then the first and second detection sensors S1 and S2 are opened with the gate arm GA open.
Are turned on together, and finally the second detection sensor S2 is turned on, the first detection sensor S1 is turned off and the gate arm GA is closed. In the vehicle passage detection means for detecting the above-described sequence, 3 is the gate arm. The gate opening / closing state sensor which detects the opening / closing state of GA is shown.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a timer starting means for starting the timer 6T when the vehicle passage detecting means 2 detects the above-mentioned series of sequences, and further, 4 is usually the first from the second detection sensor S2 side. Only when the second detection sensor S2 is turned on when the vehicle is moving to the detection sensor S1 side, a settlement request is output to the above-described fee settlement machine CH to cause the announcement device 5 to announce the settlement request. Although a display device (not shown) is caused to display the settlement request, the first detection sensor S is operated for a certain period of time while the timer 6T is being activated.
When the 1 is OFF and the second detection sensor S2 is kept ON, the settlement request output means configured to output the settlement request to the fee settlement machine CH at the time-out of the timer 6T.

Further, FIG. 5 shows a sequence in which a vehicle passes from the side that can freely pass (one position side TA), and FIG. 6 shows a sequence in which a vehicle passes from the other settlement side TB. FIG. 7 is a sequence when another vehicle is traveling from the opposite side, and FIG. 8 TA which can freely pass through.
It is a sequence diagram when a succeeding vehicle advances from.

Since the settlement request control device in the parking lot gate opening / closing system according to the present invention has the structure as described above, the first detection is performed in accordance with the vehicle detection signals sent from the two detection sensors S1 and S2. Whether one vehicle has passed from the sensor S1 side to the second detection sensor S2 side, or the first vehicle has progressed to the first detection sensor S1 side, but immediately after that, on the opposite side (settlement side) Second detection sensor S2
It is possible to detect that there are two possibilities such as whether another vehicle (an oncoming vehicle) has progressed to the position of (1) and the first vehicle had to back up.

Further, even if a certain time elapses until the timer 6T times out, the second detection sensor S is still present.
If 2 remains ON, it can be determined that the latter of the above two cases, that is, the first vehicle was forced to back due to the progress of the oncoming vehicle. It is possible to make a request announcement or request display of the charge adjustment for the oncoming vehicle.

[0032]

As described above, according to the settlement request control device in the parking lot gate opening / closing system according to the present invention, it is possible to manage the entry / exit of the vehicle by using only two vehicle detection sensors. Kurumaji in gating systems used in two-directional parking, even if another vehicle from the settlement side ran into came progressed automatically for requesting announcements and request indication charges payment is made As in the conventional system, the situation in which a parking clerk has to come and manually start a request message for payment and a request display for the charge adjustment can improve the maintainability in operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a gate opening / closing system for a parking lot, which is equipped with a settlement request control device according to the present invention and is configured to be freely passable from one side.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a gate arm and a gate arm control device.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the gate arm control device operated with the gate arm opened.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing an entire gate opening / closing system including a settlement request control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sequence when a vehicle passes from a side that can freely pass.

FIG. 6 is a sequence when the vehicle passes from the settlement side.

FIG. 7 is a sequence when the vehicle is traveling from the opposite side.

FIG. 8 is a sequence when a succeeding vehicle is advancing from a side that can freely pass through.

9A and 9B are sequences of a conventional system for explaining a situation in which there are two possibilities and a judgment cannot be made.

[Explanation of symbols]

T road S1, S2 First and second detection sensors GE gate arm controller GA gate arm CH charge adjustment machine 1 Gate arm control means 2 Vehicle passage detection means 4 Payment request output means 5 Announcement device (display device) 6 Timer starting means 6T timer

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A gate arm for preventing the vehicle from traveling, and a first detection for detecting the presence of the vehicle between one position of the gate arm and the position of the gate arm. A sensor, a second detection sensor provided at the other position of the gate arm for requesting adjustment, and a first detection sensor
When the vehicle moves from the detection sensor side to the second detection sensor side, the gate arm is automatically opened when the first detection sensor is turned on, and conversely from the second detection sensor side to the first detection sensor side. A gate opening / closing system for use in a one-way two-way parking lot, which comprises gate arm control means configured to automatically open the gate arm when the vehicle goes to , The first detection sensor is turned on when the second detection sensor is in the OFF state, then the first and second detection sensors are both turned on when the gate arm is in the open state, and finally the second detection sensor remains ON. a vehicle passing detecting means for first detecting sensor detects the series of sequences that turned OFF gate arm is closed, a timer starting means for starting a timer when the above series the sequence is detected, the first of the Both standby state OFF the second detection sensor
From the second detection sensor side to the first detection sensor
In the normal state, when the second detection sensor is normally turned on, the settlement request is output only when the second detection sensor is turned on. However, the first detection sensor is turned off during a certain time during which the timer is running.
If the second detection sensor in the FF continues to be ON,
A settlement request control device in a gate opening / closing system for a parking lot, comprising a settlement request output means for outputting a settlement request when the timer times out. The output of 2. A payment request by the payment request output means, according to claim 1, characterized by being configured to perform either one or both of the announcement equipment and a display device provided towards Kurumaji Settlement request control device in the parking lot gate opening and closing system of the above.